Dada Gavand describes with remarkable precision exactly what he did that led to his waking up.
This is one of the clearest and most informative depictions of spiritual practice that has ever been written.

Shortly before her death, in this long interview, Suzanne Segal said the
purpose of her life had been to suffer fear for ten years without a sense
of a personal self so she could tell people that such a thing is possible. “The presence of
the fear never for a minute brought back a personal reference point. It
never for a minute obstructed the view of the Vastness for Itself.”